Repeating torpedo-cane.



.No. 876,683. PATENTED JAN. 14, 1903.-

Y R.BEAN. REPEATING'TORPEDO CANE.

APPLICATION FILED MAE. 5, 1906.

1 A I x UNITED STATES PATENT onnrcn.

ROSGOE BEAN, OF BEREA, OHIO, ASSIGNOB TO W. 13. WHITE, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

BEPEATING TORPEDO-CANE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 14, 1908.

Application filed March 5. 1906. $erial No. 304.153.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Roscon BEAN, acitizen of the United States, residing at Berea, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Repeating Torpedo Canes, of

which the following is a specification, refer-- ence being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to repeating torpedo canes, being a toy designed for use particularly in times of national or public celebrations.

The essential features of the invention are three :first, a magazine separate and apart from the device or shooter, itself, but loaded with, say fifty torpedoes, and adapted to be applied quickly to the shooter by means of fitting it to a retaining seat on the shooter, whence it will discharge the torpedoes automatically one at a time by mechanism entering into the second feature of the invention second, a cut oil or stop carried by the shooter and arranged to normally extend over the end of the torpedo passage-way and be moved from such position by the relative position assumed by the parts of the shooter when or about the time of being fired, the line of movement of the cut-off or stop being such as to readily reccde from or approach the explosives without amming or crowding them to cause them to explode; and, third, a pocket or resting place for a torpedo or explosive to temporarily rest, remote from the explosion place, and from which resting place it is permitted to pass to the explosion place when and after the preceding explosion is entirely over, by which third feature an explosive is thus always in readiness to pass to the explosion place, but can never do so until the effects of the preceding explosion have wholly passed oil, so that no premature explosions can take place. These features will be hereinafter more fully described and par ticularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, 'Figure 1 is a side elevation of a torpedo cane or shooter embodying my invention, with a part of the magazine casing broken away; Fig. 2 is a detail view, partly in section, of one of the separate magazines Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the shooter, showing also a part of the magazine wall broken away; Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the shooter; Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view of a part of the device, showing the parts in position for the torpedo to feed from its resting place into the explosion place; Fig. 6 is a similar view, but with the parts in exploding or shooting position; Fig.

7, a horizontal sectional view, on the line :20 as of Fig. 9, showing some of the parts in elevationbelow the plane of the section; Fig. 8, a similar sectional view, but 011 the line y 'y of Fig. 1, showing particularly the connection of the magazine with the shooter Fig. 9, a vertical sectional view through the shooter, showing the parts in position just after an explosion, and as they are traveling to the position shown in Fig. 5; Fig. 10, a side elevation of a modification, so far as concerns the cut-off or stop; and Fig. 11, a front elevation, showing such modified form of cut-off or stop.

The letter A designates a handle or cane by which the device is carried and manipulated, the upper portion of the cane being broken away. This cane is firmly seated in a socket, B, of a plunger, C, having a bracket, D, which forms a support for the magazine, E, and has lugs or wings, F, over which the magazine is fitted to retain it in position upon and around the bracket, D, as shown particularly in Figs. 1, 3 and 9. This bracket has a magazine passage-way, shown at Gin Figs. 8 and 9, which passage-way continues through the plunger, O, as indicated at H in Fig. 9. The explosives normally work down, one behind the other, from the magazine into this passage way, at the lower or discharge end of which they are cut oil or stopped by the cut-off or stop, I, prefer-. ably carried by the plunger. This device, in the preferred form, is in the nature of a spring rod which extends across the face of the plunger, as shown in the several figures, but particularly in Fig. 7, and thence along the sides of the plunger, resting upon lugs, J, and gripped between bars, K and L, as more particularly shown in Figs. 1, 7 and 9. The normal position of this cut-off or stop is in the path of the explosives as they tend to move from the passage, H. But at stated times this stop'or cut-off is moved or sprung away from this normal position sufiiciently to permit an explosive to pass out and by it. The position of the parts shown in Fig. 6 shows the device at this time, which is when an explosion is taking. place, or has just taken .place. At this time the plunger is wholly down in the body or barrel, M, of the device, with the firing face, 0, of the plunger against the firing anvil, P, of the body. In so withdrawing from the path of the explosives, the cut-off or step has moved away from the nearest explosive in a manner not to impinge it or press against it in a manner to injure it or to cause it to explode. The cutoff or stop, I, is thus operated by coming in contact with the upper end of the barrel, M. Being made of, or supplied with a spring or spring connection, it returns to normal cutting-off position as soon. as the plunger is raised, as indicated in Fig. 9), so as to immediately arrest the next succeeding explosive or torpedo. The torpedo which so escaped passed into the pocket or resting place formed by a shelf, Q, in the barrel, as seen in Fig. 6. But the space between the edge of the shelf and the plunger is insutlie cient for the passage of the explosive into the chamber, R, until the plunger is raised to the position shown in Fig. 5, when the portion S of the plunger, where it is reduced in diameter, comes opposite the shelf, at which time the explosive drops from the shelf into the chamber, it, so as to pass upon the anvil, P, as soon as the firing face, 0, of the plunger passes sufficiently above the bottom of the chamber, R, as also shown in Fig. 5. Thus when the explosive has been fed to the shelf, the cut-off or stop has returned to normal cutting-oil position automatically, but by a force, its resiliency or spring action, and in a direction, which will not cause it to impinge or explode the torpedo, and thus also the explosive so fed has been retained. at a place remote from the anvil or explosion place, and not fed to the latter until. the products of the preceding explosion have cleared away. A small orifice T, in. the barrel, M, is for ventilation, as also to allow the dropping out of any fragments or crumbs of explosives that may pass from the magazine.

In Figs. 10 and 11 I show a modifieatitm of this cut-oil or stop, but the action is the san'ie. in this secondary form the plunger has lugs, (L, in which is fitted to slide the shank, Z), of the cut-off or step, c, a spring, (Z, being coiled. about the shank and acting from the upper lug, a, a fixed point, against the shank at the point e, where the stop or cut ofl' proper is formed. Otherwise the device shown in these figures is the same as in the other figures.

To prevent the plunger from pulling out of the barrel, and also to prevent the plunger from turning round in the barrel, the barrel is provided. with a hig which is bent down into a groove, g, in the side of the plunger. The lug thus forms a stop to limit the upward movement of the plunger, as also a guide to prevent the plunger from revolving in the barrel. This construction is provided at both sides of the device. The openings, 7?, and i, in the barrel are merely to lighten it.

Referring now to the magazine, it consists of a tube, j, preferably of paper or some cheap light material, open at both ends and suitably capped over by a wrapper, 7c, at one end, and a wrapper, Z, at the other end. Of course, before the last of these wrappers is applied, the magazine is filled with a sufficient number of torpedoes or explosives. hen it is desired to apply to the shooter a magazine, or a fresh one after exhausting a previous one, the wrapper at one end is torn oil, the cane inverted, and the lugs or wings, F, are inserted into the magazine, which is pushed up until it strikes the bracket, D. This closes its open end and allows the ex plosives to escape only through the passage, l, H. The cane is turned back to normal position as soon as the magazine is thus applied. \Vhen. one magazine is exhausted, the same is removed and another filled magazine applied. Thus the shooter is supplied with amn'iunition in a quick way, and yet without handling or touching the torpedoes.

It will be observed that the passage-way, ll, for the torpedoes, being transverse of the device, acts to prevent the torpedoes in it and near the cut-off from starting or working up when the cane is suddenly thrust down ward, after being raised to effect an explosion. Thus these torpedoes cannot jar up and down at this point.

It will further be observed that the cut-off or stop, I, may be supported by a part other than the plunger, and that it is in the nature of a device which stands in front of the discharge end of the magazine passage, between which and said end of the passage there is relative movement to arrest and free torpedoes.

I would also have it understood that my separate and temporary torpedo magazine may be-carried by a part other than the plunger. I believe myself to be the first to make a separate and temporary torpedo magazine for containing and discharging pellets or balls, in combination with a suitable passage-way for such pellets or balls, and a cut-off or stop device to alternately arrest and free such balls or pellets.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and. desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. in a torpedo cane, the combination, with the explosion chamber, a plunger reciprocating therein, a torpedo passage in said plunger, a bracket carried by said plunger adjacent to said passage, lugs formed on said bracket, and a separate magazine adapted, when filled, to be removably fitted over said lugs and in connnunication with said pas- 2. In a shooter, the combination, with a part carrying explosives and having a passage-way therefor, of a cut-off or stop standing normally in contact with the explosive nearest the discharge end of the passage and adapted to move to and from such position without impinging an explosive, of another part having a resting place adapted to receive the fed torpedo and to actuate said cut-ofi'or stop from normal position as said parts approach or enter explosion position.

3. In a shooter, a plunger carrying the magazine and having a torpedo passage-way, a spring actuated cut-ofi or stop, carried by the plunger, standing normally in contact with the torpedo nearest the discharge end of the passage-way, and adapted to move to and from such torpedo without impinging it, a barrel in which the plunger is mounted having a resting place to receive and hold the led torpedo and adapted to actuate said cut-ell or stop when the plunger moves in relation to said barrel.

l. In a shooter, the combination, with a plunger having a torpedo passage-way andv carrying a spring actuated cut-off or stop which stands normally in contact with the torpedo nearest the discharge end of the passageway and adapted to move to and. from such torpedo without impinging it, of a barrel adapted to receive the fed torpedo and to actuate said cut-ell or stop when the plunger moves in relation to said barrel.

5. In a shooter, the combination, with an explosion chamber and a plunger, having a torpedo passage-way, of a cut-oil? or stop comprising a spring-pressed bar secured to the plunger and extending across said passage-way and normally in contact with the torpedo nearest the discharge end oi" the passageway.

6. In a torpedo cane, the combination, with a plunger having a reduced lower portion and a magazine, of a body portion having a passage -formed between one side thereof and said plunger and in communication with said magazine, an inwardly extending projection in said passage adapted to close the same when opposite the upper portion of said plunger and to permit the passage of torpedoes when opposite the reduced lower portion of said plunger.

7. In a shooter, the combination, with a plunger carrying a magazine and having a torpedo passageway, and a cut-off or stop spring actuated and standing normally in contact with the torpedo nearest the discharge end of the passage-way, of a barrel having a shelf to support a torpedo and adapted, when the parts approach exploding position, to actuate the cut-ofi or stop and to'receive therefrom a torpedo on said shelf, said shelf having such relation to the plunger as to retain the torpedo until after an explosion and to feed the torpedo as the plunger recedes after an ex losion.

8. In a shooter, the combination, withthe barrel, of a plunger having a generally transverse ammunition passage-way through it and a magazine which discharges into said passage-way, such transverse position of the passageway acting to prevent the ammunition from working upward when the shooter is thrust downward.

9. In a shooter, the combination, with a plunger having a torpedo passage connected at one end with a supply passage, of a cutoll or stop comprising a spring-actuated bar extending across the other end of said passageway, and a cooperating part adapted to engage said bar and move the same away from said passage.

In testimony whereof, I a'HiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ROSCOE BEAN.

Witnesses:

S. C. ORoFFoRD, G. D. COREY. 

